Re: Re: why init crypto partition with random data?

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On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 17:44:15 +0930,
  Roscoe <eocsor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> So what if they do know the exact boundaries of the ciphertext? The
> ciphertext doesn't need to be kept secret. That's the whole idea of
> ciphertext.

This leaks information. Not a lot of information, but this still might
be a concern to some people.

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